Stepping off the edge

Owlmother's adventures

Picking up where I left off… kinda

I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.

For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.

So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .

Day 6 – A Taste of Tibet

We had another long drive today. We were out in the countryside with herds of sheep and goats and cows in the road holding up traffic!

We arrived at Dharemsala and shifted from Hinduism to Buddhism. We entered Norbulingka. It is a peaceful and beautiful haven with a cafe, a temple and a training centre for people who escaped Tibet and need to learn new skills.

Prayer flags with the mountains in the background
You place a prayer in these wheels and spin them for your wish to come true.

A local guide, a fellow who escaped Tibet with his family as a child, took us around and showed us the arts and crafts people are learning.

Embroidered Buddhist Stories
Wood Carving
Painting of Tibetan Mandala
Inside the Buddhist Temple and a likeness of the Dalai Lama – no matter where you stood he was looking at you
A zoomed in view of the Mountains from our hotel

We checked into our hotel and ended the day at a restaurant that served delicious Tibetan food.

Vegetarian Momos – a type of dumpling – with green sauce

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